Associated Scaffolding receives coveted Platinum rating from ABC STEP Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Keith Kirkland
Safety Director, Associated Scaffolding Keith. Kirkland@associated-scaffolding.com
Associated Scaffolding Achieves World-Class Safety Performance
Through Platinum ABC STEP Program
Associated Scaffolding, Durham N.C. February, 2025 – Associated Scaffolding today announced it has achieved Platinum level in the Associated Builders and Contractors’ STEP Safety Management System. Founded more than three decades ago, STEP (Safety Training Evaluation Program) is a proven system that provides the framework to measure, strengthen and build industry-leading safety programs that enable top-performing ABC members to achieve incident rates nearly seven times safer than the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics construction industry average.
“We are proud to announce that our world class health and safety practices have been named STEP Platinum level by ABC National, recognizing our commitment to total human health and Safety on our job sites, in our warehouses, and throughout our transportation divisions. Associated Scaffolding is committed to actively building health and safety into our company culture, creating industry leading safety programs to protect our people. We believe that no task we preform is more important than worker health and safety. We recognize that it is our responsibility to ensure our workers get home safe each day, and will continue to emphasize worker safety education by regularly scheduled training and empowering all our employees in safety management If a job cannot be done safely it will not be done. Safety is our number one priority.”
Tommy Hawkins
President Associated Scaffolding Company
STEP participants measure their safety processes and policies on key components through a detailed questionnaire and supporting documentation, with the goal of implementing or enhancing health and safety programs that reduce jobsite incidents.
“Safety is a journey, and that journey is possible because of systems like STEP, which enables ABC member contractors like Associated Scaffolding to actively build health and safety into their culture, creating industry-leading, holistic safety programs to protect their workers and deliver for their clients,” said Greg Sizemore, ABC vice president of health, safety, environment and workforce development. “STEP measures performance on key components, strengthens and expands best practices and builds safety culture. Our people are our greatest asset, and I commend Associated Scaffolding for consistently fulfilling those commitments to raise the bar of safety performance.”